A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY REGARDING SOME MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A MELAMINO-FORMALDEHYDE BASED BIOCOMPOSITE REINFORCED WITH HEMP SHIVES.

Xue Li Development of flax fiber-reinforced polyethylene biocomposites by injection molding, A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Canada, 2008, pp1-268;

Mankowski J. and Kolodziej J. Increasing Heat of Combustion of Briquettes Made of Hemp Shives, International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants , Saskatchewan, Canada, 2008, pp344-352 GeoConference on Energy and Clean Technologies

Kidalova L., Terpakova E. Prigang S., Stevulova N. Possibilities of using hemp shives in leightweight composites, Proceedings of the 12 th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes Grece, 2011, pp 547-552.

Fowler P., Hughes J., and Elias R. Biocomposites: technology, environmental credentials and market forces, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Great Britain, vol.86/issue 12, pp 1781-1789, 2006

Bos H.L. The potential of flax fibres as reinforcement for composite materials, Eindhoven, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. University Press Facilitie s, doctoral thesis, Eindhoven 2004 , pp1-209.

Xue Li Development of flax fiber-reinforced polyethylene biocomposites by injection molding, A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Canada, 2008, pp1-268;

Mankowski J. and Kolodziej J. Increasing Heat of Combustion of Briquettes Made of Hemp Shives, International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants , Saskatchewan, Canada, 2008, pp344-352 GeoConference on Energy and Clean Technologies

Kidalova L., Terpakova E. Prigang S., Stevulova N. Possibilities of using hemp shives in leightweight composites, Proceedings of the 12 th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes Grece, 2011, pp 547-552.

Fowler P., Hughes J., and Elias R. Biocomposites: technology, environmental credentials and market forces, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Great Britain, vol.86/issue 12, pp 1781-1789, 2006

Bos H.L. The potential of flax fibres as reinforcement for composite materials, Eindhoven, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. University Press Facilitie s, doctoral thesis, Eindhoven 2004 , pp1-209.